Train-the-Trainers

Training future Trainers for national administrations, creating a Multiplier effect

Blended learning

Training by combining theoretical and practical approaches of e-Learning and Face-to-Face sessions

Welcome to

EASO Training Platform

EASO training tool is the EASO Training Curriculum - a common training system designed mainly for case officers and other asylum practicioners throughout the EU+ States.

EASO Training Curriculum consists of interactive modules covering the entire field of international protection. It has been developed within the framework of the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, the Common European Asylum System's legal instruments and other relevant international and European law.

Training Cockpit

Interview TechniquesCORE Module

The interview with the applicant for international protection is one of the key elements in the asylum procedure. The information acquired through the personal interview would in most cases play a principal role in the examination of the application. The aim of this module is to assist case officers to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to conduct personal interviews in a professional manner.

This module covers theoretical aspects and relevant legislation from a very practical perspective. It promotes the use of a structured dialogic communication method of interviewing and guides the participant through its stages, from appropriate preparation to the activities that may be necessary following the interview. The interactive training method also provides opportunities to practice different interviewing skills in specific case scenarios.

Further specialised knowledge on the subject of interviewing can be acquired through the modules on ‘Interviewing Children’ and ‘Interviewing Vulnerable Persons’.

InclusionCORE Module

The Inclusion module provides training on the interpretation and application of the 1951 Geneva Convention and its relation to the EU Qualification Directive.

This module presents, through a structured and interactive method, the refugee definition and the grounds for subsidiary protection. It further explains key terms such as: persecution in relation to both the UNHCR handbook and the Qualification Directive; the Convention grounds, that is race, religion, nationality, political opinion and a particular social group; the nexus between persecution (well‑founded fear) and the Convention grounds; the key principle of non‑refoulement and other important elements to the qualification as a refugee or a beneficiary of subsidiary protection.

By the end of the training, participants will have gained knowledge of key terms and an opportunity to apply these concepts through the use of real case studies.

Evidence AssessmentCORE Module

This module focuses on the process of evidence assessment as the primary method of establishing the material facts of an individual case through gathering, examining and comparing available pieces of evidence.

It starts
from the premise that cases should be treated alike and in a fair and
consistent manner. In the module’s core is a structured evidence assessment
approach that could minimise the risk of subjectivity in individual cases. The
module provides participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to
apply this structured approach in practice. It guides them through the steps of
collecting information, credibility assessment and risk assessment and assists
them in acquiring further knowledge and skills for drafting the relevant
elements of a decision. The module covers theoretical aspects and relevant
legislation from a practical perspective and provides the opportunity to learn
through applying these in specific case scenarios.